The Sun. — London, England, 1838-11-29 00:00:00

the h and liockinp . hamqhiro miliec wa. Farther or , •ngti,_ 4 e , th c,f 1643 would show that James Selby, the attorney at Wavendon, Was_ the nephew of James Lloyd of Salford : that he should t elear y show, unless the charge of forgery made by the At tafney General was estAlished. That Learned Counsel said At that the will of James Lloyd of Monnington, made in 1669, Was too good, as it proved too much. Now he (Mr. Ser ma Talfou r d) contended it did no such thing, but that it ,!ked the finger of Pro v id ence i n preserv i ng a record b y i w t t . "eh the rightf u l owner of h i s property should inherit To that document his Learned Friend had applied tobse rvat i on that it was a forgery. He defied his Learned Friend to prove the fact; and for that pu r p ose h e s h ou ld p ro . duce the w ill f rom the Prerogative Co ur t o f C armart h en . He believed that if the will was out of the case, the other evi d„,e,rree in th e case would prove the claims of the demandant. Lae Court could n o t come to the conclusion that the will was forger y with out the most stringent evidence. It was said th e amount given there was large in comparison with the in ttntory of th e personal estate. He believed that if wills of that le were produced, it would be generally found that false in :entories were made for the purpose of evading the payment of the legacy duty. He contended, if such was the case, that it she Wed the genuineness of the will. It was said the wills had b een loosely kept at Carmarthen ; he admitted that they were; but that was not the fault of his client. All the parties who cu uld give information on the subject would be called and subjected to a severe cross-examination, and it would then be , for the Court to say whether or not the the will was genuine. It was said the wax to the will was new. Now he should produce teveral wills of that date, for the inspection of his Learned 'fiend and the recognitors, and they would draw their own by conclusions from it. If he were to adopt the course pursued his Learned Friend, which he would not do, he could make 1 2 41 t a str ong case of suspicion against the tenant ; many of the documents produced by the tenant had been brought forward 1 , 1 ,t the l ast h our. The question of who was the grandfather of e tenant, must have been of paramount importance, and yet It the not to have been considered till the eleventh hour, rd not then, until pointed out by Mr. Winter, who called him elf a farmer, and seemed to have a penchant for finding out the thPedigree of persons with whom he has no connect i on . All ;ese circumstances he might put forward as extremely suspi :uus against th e tenant. If he showed the Jury that James loyd and Mary Lloyd were brother and sister, he had made out his case; and that he should be enabled to do so he felt no manner of doubt. The tenant here had not only the advan tages of wealth and possession, but that for which th ere was rten great struggles in Westminster Hall, that of say_ lug the first and last word. The Learned Ser geant, after combating the objections to the demand ant's claim, concluded by expressing his fervent conviction that the claim of the demandant was well founded, and would be declared to be so by the verdict of the recognitors ; who, n otwithstanding the threat that they were now performing their d uties for the last time as recognitors, would not hesitate to P r onounce a verdict consistently with their notions of justice. William Hamlock, examined by Sir W. FOLLETT, pro duced the certificate of the marriage of James Selby with ttbtrgaret Wells on the lth of December, 1655, at Waven don, and the certificate of the baptisms of several of the chil i." af that marriage at the same place. dij t h s e _,.Arrowsav-GENEam. admitted that the lineal descen p of that marriage were extinct. erc eva i Walsh, examined by Sir W. FOLLETT—Was thePutY Registrar of the Archdeaconry of Oxford. Produced ofJohn Chilton, dated the 22d Jan., 1688. led 'l3Ba-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILDE—The first know ge witness had of any inquiry being made for the will in Question was about a fortnight ago. Witness was not always the office ; the old wills were kept in the tower of one of the e urches in Oxford, as there was no fire-proof place in the °f fice of Dep u t y R eg i strar. Th e c l erk, who was i n t h e h a bi t ?f of for wills, was named Maberly. There was no bo ok of Administration at the time of the will being made. Re- examined by Sir Was. FOLLETT—There were several Leeks on the place where the wills were kept. Samuel Bailey, the Deputy Registrar of the Archdeaconry ' Bedfl643ord, produced the will of Judith Odell, of the 3d of dilne, (Thelial was proceeding when we went to press.) CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. THE FORGERY AT MESSRS. ROTHSCHILD.—SENTENCE. _At the sitting of the Court this morning, Gotthard Roake, w e was convicted at the sessions in July last, was placed at fthu bar, to re ce i ve t h e sentence o f the Court, which had been 'tedi in cons equence o f a p o int of law having been reserved x t,he opini on o f t h e J u d ges . ft '''. Justi ce P ARKE sa id t h at t h e i n dictment against the pri tier consi s t e d o f f our counts—t h e fi r st, forging a certain or- R der or the p ayment o f 60 1 . w i t h i n t en t to defraud Messrs. o t hschild ; the second, uttering the same, knowing it to be h.b e u ; the thi r d, f or f org ing a warrant for payment of the -eo eY; and the fourth, for uttering the said warrant. He here could on the third and fourth counts. Of the facts, ali t could be no doubt, and on the law he entertained none, was thought advisable to reserve a point for the consider ation non ofthe Judges. The short facts were these :—The consider 'ea was was a teacher of the German language at Leicester, t o A e l u place he had quitted. On reaching London, he went e ssra. Rothschild with a letter purporting to be from o f Zs. Schaffh ausen , a t C o l ogne , w h o w ere correspondents essrs. Roth sc hild, who had money in their hands belong er to M essrs . Sbaffhausen. The letter introduced him as Du ; Francis Sturm, wh o was on a v i s i t to E ng l an d f or sc i ent ifi c thposes, and requested the m t o a ff or d hi m a ll t h e f ac ili t i es i n eir power, in geiting access to the public libraries, &c., and t hat them on demand to pay him 601. It was proved when the prisoner presented the letter, he represented ~noself as the Dr. Sturm therein mentioned, but no money Ca Paid him, as be said he would call for it when he wanted t _ Two or three days afterwards he received 301., for which ti gave a receipt, and in the course o f a few da y s after that l 'ee oth er 30 / . were pa id to him. It was proved , that when . -11 : 12 a letter who had was presente in their money d at Messrs. hands, t Rothschihatld s f the person rom a cor Ponden - O sing it was paid whatever he claime d, not exceedin g the mo unt therei n mentioned ; and if the person did not require e o e n v/.11.01e, th e sum p a id wa s written upon the letter, and they th s teered such a document exactly as they would a bill of ex efaege, and equally obligatory on them to pay to the extent il l the funds in their hands. This indictment was founded on Itn e e t t i atute 11 George IV., and 1 William IV., c. 66, s. 10, the question was, whether the document presented was a I le Vatit or an or d er f or t h e pa y men t o f money, on which point k t "ad taken the opinion of his brother Judges. He did not s elf e tl n d the arguments, because having a clear opinion him % - 1 1 the subject, he thought it better for them to settle it e o : e i gst thems.dves • and .they had come to the unanimous 4 ~e e' ion that ' tivt prisoner was rightly convicted—that where did who „ wno was supposed to have a written order or warrant . draw- right to draw that, and the person upon whom it was th ou 11 , 0 ad property in his hands to answer that amount, and ized n gut it obligatory upon bim to pay, that it was a warrant, 'rating or request; and as tbere were two counts, the one retie n ti g it to be a warrant, and the other an order, the te lle -he r had been rightly convicted, Had this occur- Pri a „ e taken place a few months ago, the life of the of t i l h er would, have been forfeited. It was the dut y ato n e Court, under all the circumstances, to inflict the ) B,4 B evere sentence which the law would allow, and tha t kit 'et the prisoner be transported for the term of his , r t tra t. _ 1 lir e. s ake uo prisoner, it will be recollected, was convicted at the be h seslsions, of having plundered the clergyman with whom Ith ie ld been residing at Leicester, of a large quantity of plate, Rost: he plsdged in London, the duplicates being found in his for 1 ; 1 4 ' 0 n. There was also another indictment against him andering a person at Leicester of 1001. ROBBERIES AT ST. CATHERINE'S DOCK.—Samuel G e Ter, sen. Samuei Fletcher, jun., Samuel Barker and 1 4 e e e, 9 4 e Bark er , who were acquitted yesterday, were again N e i," at the bar, charged with having feloniously forged an Go od : en the 17th June last, for the delivery of a truss of pa n with int en t t o d e fraud the St. Catherine's Dock Com et:44n' 4 180 wi t h a l ter i ng a forged order; !here were two other le callin g the instrument a request instea.:l l of an order. was a P HILLIPS, after the decision given by the jUr7 yesterday, lie n ee l ," that it should be necessary to take the opt:iion of a f h ' s mitlrY, in a case nearly of the same nature, but it :vas o L 4 04 - I c l tli3 st importance to the trading community that a stop be Put to such practices as those with which the • the Pre Were ehar ed. He had not the least doubt that in r tii r l s ent o i f n d st o a u n b g c t e . the charge wonld be proved beyond all l enity The short faots . of the case were these. Taci t Ist of June a truss, containing twenty-six pieces of Led merino, was sent by Messrs. Holdsworth, of Halifax , to 'a d . ln . Via Hull, by the Vivid. The truss was marked I. V. teas e i: 4lt tiod, on the left side of which was No. 1. In the Th e t manifest the goods were entered for Mr. Vanburgh. eo til l i u . ,ss arrived a t th e d oc ks o n the 6th, and remained there 11 44 perabl e time. On the 11th or 12th four other trusses directed to Mr. Vanburgh, 72, Leman-street, Good ;`1, ;; fiel ds- Tire were delivered, and on the 20th an or- Ne i Rned " Vanburgh," and describing the mark on th..lher truss, was presented, directing it to be delivered to //e p n °ll thate, packer of Old 'Change. The order would Zl)portle,,(Lto have - been 'written either by Barker (who had an as e , r "LlY, from being employed as clerk at the docks, to Th e t aro the marks), or by the other prisoners. lee ease examination of witnesses was then proceeded with, and as e was likely to occupy a considerable time. a F3a NEW COURT. '44 $F NEW CONDUCT OF A CAB DRIVER.—,John Sullivan . ' j et ti "'nag Dixon were indicted for stealing on the 29th o f prai i r ooch, a h an dkerchief, and four shillings, the property Fr anc ouch, Bazil 1 )(3 4 1 ;,', ESPIN ASS . E conducted the prosecution, and Mr. a ppeared for Dixon. 1 / 4 ser e Prosecutrix stated that she is fifteen years old, and lives_ k.igh t !aht to Mr. Jones of No. 43, Theobald's-road.. On the h and s question she returned ' in ari omnibus from a visit . to her k)1111 an d got out in Holborn, when she was very . ill, and 11.0,,,,Nal offered td drive her home. In stead of doing so he (biZT,t()Nthe stand o ' ri ß e treet when he nailed out ". Tom" Zlltal i f e ' r !he. got in up o a w n - d s _ drove, and Sullivan came into the Vi r n. t -r-Pct acted rudely, and made an attempt upon her h„ h xon drove the cab to t e corner of Chan ds-street, 17lired'hPulled up and some gin was brought, and S . Oliv . au sht;lejefosurths of . a glass down her throat against tier tc, j e ` hea r h ` er " out, but it being a robbed,close cb the passers-by did and she got out as N ie e e hb ___ c he found_ sbeswbeas fell down. She called out Th' and t h: th on , but t a hr .„ cab was followed. Nlcla pros wassubjected to across-examination by the 4 ehtt an d the Bar, but her answers were satisfactory. . Two u _ . . 3 ,7 1 e1l who had hired Sullivan on the same evening to ' itt hlo ° l l lne lu ggage confirmed a material part of the girl's kr. • 'Cbert Sinclair Jones stated that he is a professional THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1838. sinter at Drury-lan.! Theatre, and the young girl has been in , 1-•. - iee for iorne months. On the da) iu question h e h a d given her some money and leave to visit her friends. Witness is a married man; has heard Mrs. Jones say she is subject to fits. Mr. Inspector Pearce of the A division, and several of his private3,were examined, from whose united evidence it appeared that the girl was conveyed to the station-house, where she fell into hysterics, and a doctor was sent for. When she came to herself she complained of assault and robbery. She was taken to a coach stand, when she pointed out Dixon as the driver of the cab from Bow-street to St. Martin's-lane. Sullivan was apprehended by the inspctor the next day at the " Old Drury," when the duplicate of the stolen brooch was found in his pocket. Mr. DOANE addressed the Jury for Dixon, and submitted that Dixon had no hand in the robbery. The COMMON-SERGEANT told the Jury that if they believed that Dixon contemplated the commission of another offence by Sullivan, he could not well be convicted of being a parti cipator in the robbery. The Jury consulted for a considerable time, and then re turned a verdict of Guilty against Sullivan, adding, " we are obliged to acquit Dixon upon this indictment, and we are very sorry for it." The COMMON- SERGEANT told Dixon that had he been in dicted in another form, he might not have been so fortunate ; with respect to Sullivan, he had been convicted of a very se rious offence. Children like the prosccutrix must be pro tected from fellows like him ; and it was right that every cab man should know that persons committing such offences would ever be severely punished. The judgment of the Court was, that he be transported beyond the seas for the term of ten years. John Bateman was convicted of stealing a pair of trousers, and other articles, the property of George Trundle, Esq. The prisoner was again convicted for that he, in the seventh year of the late reign, was imprisoned for one year, on a con viction of felony. The COMMON-SERGEANT sentenced him to seven years' transportation. POLISH REVOLUTION-(THIS DAY.) .The Eighth Anniversary celebration of the Polish Revo ution of 1830 took place this day at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand. The chair was taken at a quarter to two o'clock by Lord DUDLEY STEWART, M. P., and on the plat form we observed Admiral Napier, Edward Bcales, Esq., Dr. Birkbeck, C o l one l Th om p son , G. A. Y oung . E sq., D r. Wade, &c. &c. There were also several distinguished Poles, among whom we observed General Dwernicki, A. N. Dy bowski, S. Kozmian, and a number of respectable ladies. The CITAIRNIAN, on presenting himself, was loudly cheered. He said the object of the present meeting was to commemorate the commencement of the last Polish Revolution. In 1830 the Poles bad, for the long period of fifty years, submitted silently and quietly to the oppression inflicted upon them by foreign tyrants, who, forgetting the dictates of humanity and justice, and despising the treaties by which they were bound, continued to inflict upon the Polish people the most grinding oppression. On Nov. 29, 1830, was commenced by a few enthusiastic and patriotic individuals, that revolution which has since filled the world with the fame of its brilliant exploits—its un equalled struggle—its melancholly end; and which, unhap pily, filled Poland with blood and tears, and sent her sons as wanderers and refugees throughout the nations of Europe.— ( Cheers. ) It was impossible to contemplate such an event without feelings of the most mixed and opposite character—ad miration for the devoted patriotism of that nation which pervaded all classes, and was not confined, as has been falsely and ca lumniously stated, to one particular class, but was common alike to the Noble and the peasant—to all classes, all ages, and both sexes.—( Loud cheers.) Admiration must be felt for that devoted patriotism, for the daring and almost romantic exploits of her heroes in arms—indignation against the tyrants who having subdued the nation not by fair fighting and prowess, but by treachery and overwhelming numbers, had sated their vengeance on its unhappy people by ever spe cies of cruelty. They should also feel pain when they looked at home and recollected the unworthy part which was played by their own country at that time, when they could not but feel that England stood aloof and permitted those things to be done, when she had only, not to make even an effort, but merely to unite a line of a despatch, and the success of that glorious attempt would have been certain, and a bul wark would have been raised against the aggressions of Russia which they now had to lament the want of, and which could not be obtained without the outlay of millions of money.— ( Hisses, and a cry of " It was not the English people, but the Whig Minister.") They had met that day to celebratean important event, and they had on that occasion a great and solemn duty to perform—to enter their pro test against the conduct of tyrants—to proclaim their detestation of their acts, and their unqualified admiration and love of the cause of Poland. It was the cause not of party but of something much greater, and higher, and nobler. They were not met to advocate the cause of Democracy or of Aristocracy ; and they were not there to maintain the cause of Whig, or Tory, or Radical, but to maintain the cause of a great, ancient, and noble nation—to testify their admiration of their struggles—to bear witness to the sacredness of their cause, when twenty millions of men declared that the) would be free, and that they could not, and would not, submit to the rule of the foreigner.—( Hear, and loud cheering.) The Polish Revolution could not be confounded with any other; it was very different from all others. It was not a struggle between men of different principles—it was a struggle of one nation against another nation.—( Cheers.) So much was it so that the Poles had friends among all parties—it was the struggle of a whole nation against a foreign tyrant, and every party acknowledged the righteousness of the cause.—( Cheers. ) There was a principle deeply fixed in the human breast against the rule of a for e i gner — o f one w h o did not spea k the same language—how much then was it sure to burn in the breasts of the Poles who were ruled not only by one who spoke not their language, but pr o hibit e d th em f rom speaking their own.—( Cheers.) That meeting was, he considered engaged in a solemn act, free from all party feel ing, and he trusted the proceedings would be carried on without recrimination and without personalities. They were strong in the goodness of their cause, and had no need to appeal to the passions. They were met to do honour to the heroes and martyrs who laid down their lives on the field of battle while they combated for liberty. In doing so they must not forget to encourage those gallant and noble minded men who struggled in the same cause, and who were now amongst them—men who for the sake of their country had preferred to enter upon the hard, rugged, and thorny path of exile, rather than enjoy the 'sweets of home under a tyrant.--( Loud cheering.) They were to encourage and cheer them by holding such meetings as these, and sure he was that they would receive encouragement and consolation from seeing a large number of the people of the vast metropolis of England assembled to commemorate such a day as the 29th of November. The path upon which those noble-minded men had entered was indeed a rugged one, and it required much fortitude to endure such a lot. As so many of them were present, he could not help appealing to them relating to the great duties they were called upon to perform while in a foreign land. It was in their power to do their country much good by devoting the hour of adversity to storing their minds and preparing themselves for the restoration to their country, which he fully hoped to see. They ought to bear in mind that it was very important that they should continue to deserve the respect of the nation, and they ought also to bear in mind that the opinion of the character of their nation would be taken from their own conduct.—( Cheers. ) Some people thought the idea of recovering Poland was absurd, but be did not think so, and he never had done so. From what they saw passing now in Europe—when he saw the jealousies which were springing up amongst the three Northern Powers—he could not but encourage great hope that the day of Poland'sye storation was not far off. Let the Poles be united amongst themselves, and they must conquer. He would not detain them longer ; but before he sat down be would mention that he had received letters from -Mr. Attwood and Lord Strang ford, who both regretted they were unable to attend the meet ing, but they were heart and soul in the cause. The Noble Chairman then called upon Mr. A. N. DYBOWSKI then addressed the meeting in a very eloquent strain, pointing out the miseries and persecutions which Poland had been subjected to, and the humiliat i,;e• position in which she was at present placed. It might be asked, what should be done to effect the restoration of Poland ? They did not seek diplo matic interfereixe, or the protection of other nations, for protection meant dependence.—( Loud cheers.) When it was known that Poland could command 600,000 national soldiers, every one of whom was equal to two of the slaves who opposed them, could it be supposed that they re quired the assistance of the sabres of foreign nations ? ( Loud cries of " No, no.") No—a thousand times no. —( Great cheering.) After alluding to the police regu lations, by which arms, ammunition, and all muskets of that sort were prohibited by the Russians in Poland, Mr. Dybowski observed that what Poland wanted was a national Government which would know how to administer to her wants, and that no foreign nation could supply them with.— ( Great cheering.) No nation could pretend to give the Poles a better Government than they could give themselves. --(Cheers.) Mr. Dybowski then alluded to the labours of the Polish Emigrant Committee in forming political associ ations and circulating patriotic publications. The Meeting had - not concluded up to the hour we went to press.) CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE I'RICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Noy. 2?, 0138, made,up from the Returns of th , Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 73s, : 43. Oats I B ar l e y 34s Id. Rye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE .:IX WEI:KS PRECEDING. Wheat 7os. 3d. Oats B ar l e y 3ls 7d I Rye ... ...... 375. 4d. I Ptase 41s 11d. I DIITIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat. los. Sd. I Oats Barley l !2s. 10d. Rye .... . 14s. Od. Miase .... S. Od HONEST TRADESMEN. —Thirty-two shopkeepers and bakers were summoned by Mr. J. Johnson, inspector of weights and measures for the county of Herts, and all fined in various penalties by the Magistrates in Petty Sessions at Royston, for using deficient weights and measures and fa lse balances.—H er t s County Hess. Five Roman Catholics are returned by the judges for sheriffs through Ireland. A specimen of the Kentucky pumpkin melon, weighing 1981b5., was brought over in the ship Garrick, by Mr. T. D. Rice, the comedian. REDUCTION N POSTAGE. DEVONPORT Devonpert Independent Office, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 1838—Nine P.M. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The Inconstant frigate, Captain Pring, arrived here at one o'clock this morning, and is anchored inside the western end of the Breakwater. She has encountered a severe hurricane for the last two or three days, and so terrific has been the weather that it has been found quite impossible to land the Earl of Durham and suite, up to this hour. During the whole of this day (Tuesday) the Admiral's tender, the Sylph, and the Queen's Harbour master's yacht have been in readiness ; both have been se veral times round the Inconstant, but the swell was so heavy that all attempts to effect the landing of the Noble Earl and suite have been unavailing, and he must remain on board till to-morrow (Wednesday), the 28th. The weather is now somewhat abated, and it is expected that his Excellency will land, in the morning, at the Admiral's Stairs, Devonport. Every preparation has been made by the Admiral (Lord Amelius Beauclerk) to do honour to the Noble Earl. It is expected that his Lordship and the Countess of Durham will go to the Government House, as apartments have been ordered to be fitted for their recep tion, by General and Mrs. Ellice, relatives of the Coun tess. Notwithstanding the dreadful weather the batteries have been crowded with persons anxious to catch a glimpse of the distinguished party. A public meeting was convened, at the Devonport Guildhall, by the Mayor, C. Jupe, Esq., in pursuance of a numerously signed requisition ; and an address is to be presented to his Lordship, on landing, to-morrow morning. It is supposed he will receive the Mayor and Deputation at the Government House. It is said that his Lordship will set off immediately for London, but that. the Countess will remain with her rela tives a day or two, Mrs. General Ellice, and Lady Eliza beth Bulteel. It is expected he will land under salutes from the ships and batteries. The beautiful frigate, the Inconstant, was brought round the Breakwater, during the hurricane, in a masterly and seamanlike style. She made hnr passage in twenty-five days from-Quebec, eighteen from the land. The Canadas : , were in a very disturbed state. Lord Durham was ex ceedingly popular, and his resignation was much deplored. Her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, Captain Hobson, has just arrived from the East Indies, and anchored in the Sound, near the Inconstant. Our town has been in a bustle. It has been blowing a terrific gale, and raining all. day. The Inconstant may be seen from the shore rolling dreadfully. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28-, 11 A.lll. SER—The gale continues so very boisterous, that Lord Durham and suite are still prevented from landing. It has increased so much in violence, that it was with difficulty I could stand on the battery : since the hurricane of 1815, I never remember any thing like it. There appears no chance whatever of his Lordship reaching the shore to-day. Last night it abated a little, and Captain Villiers, Aid-de camp to th e N o bl e Earl, landed in the Sylph tender, and is now at General Ellice's : he cannot get off to the ship. The people here are very anxious to see his Lordship ; and are continually passing to and from Mount Wise. Ido not think he can land till to-morrow (Thursday.) Charles Buller, Esq., M.P., the Public Secretary, was to leave New York on the 20th November, for England. The weather is so foggy that I could scarcely see the Inconstant. Never was the utility of the Breakwater so apparent as at this moment. Although the storm is raging, the Inconstant and numerous ships are riding in safety.. The Tweed, 20, Hon. Captain F. T. Pelham, has this moment arrived from the north coast of Spain. It is quite impossible to gain any news from her, or reach her. LECTURE ON THE NATIONAL LOAN FUND ASSURANCE COMPANY. (From the Sheffield Mercury.) On Thursday evening, the Rev. W. T. Butler, M.A., Rector of St. Nicholas, Nottingham, delivered a Lecture before the members of the Sheffield Mechanics' Institution —the public also being gratuitously admitted on the occa sion—in Surrey -street Chapel, "on the advantages offered to the industrious classes by the system of Deferred An nuities, proposed by the statute of 3d William IV., cap. 15; aod also by the National Loan Fund Assurance Company." The Lecturer was introduced to the audience by Dr. Hol land, who observed that the Rev. Gentleman, he believed, had paid very great attention to the subject on which he was about to address them. Mr. Butler having premised, that he was totally unconnected with the National Loan Fund Company, not being a shareholder of even the smallest amount, and that his sole object was to do good, proceeded to point out the disadvantageous manner in which the in dustrious classes usually invest their savings. The three most common methods resorted to by them at the present day are the Friendly Societies, the Savings' Banks, and the Money Clubs. The first of these the Rev. Gentleman con sidered objectionable in a variety of ways : a great portion of their funds are spent at the public-houses, in periodical drinking and feasting, thereby creating fresh demands upon their resources, mad promoting evil under the name of good. An individual may, moreover, pay his money into u Friendly Society, without ever receiving one farthing from its funds ; the steady and industrious frequently have to sup port the profligate and idle, whose debauchery and dissipa tion bring on disease and premature death. By the system of Deferred Annuities, however, those who die early are the lcsers, and thus a reward is held out to sobriety, industry, and virtue. The Savings' Bank, though a safe place of de posit for rsminavllesstanevienugts,fudroetshneostpautretheeapsitaaml e e t f im t e he aff h o td rd us a profitable - trious ; nor does it offer any advantages in the important particular of making a provision for old age. The Money Clubs the Lecturer regards as great pests and curses to any community in which they may exist. By far the most pro fitable and judicious mode of employing the savings of the labouring class, he considered, is afforded in the purchase of Deferred Annuities, upon the plan - offered by the Na tional Loan Fund Assurance Company, the terms of which may be found in its printed prospectuses. In discussing this plan, and entering at length into its details, the Rev. Gentleman pointed out, in an exceedingly clear and intelli gible manner, the reasons why he regarded it as being supe rior to every other. The system of Government Annuities he considered a judicious one in many respects, but yet in ferior on the whole to that of the National Loan Fund Com pany, In the course ud p rp, e o t f i e h a i h s remarks, of the industrious t classes, the propriety a of both sexes, laying up early in life suffi:!ient for the pur chase of such an annuity as would protect them from want in the decline of life. By so doing, they would abolish, in a great measure, the necessity for Poor's-rates. The sub ject, in his opinion, was also deserving of the attention of the middle as well as the lower classes of society. A number of instances were related by the lecturer of the great benefits which individuals have experienced by the employment of their savings in the purchase of Deferred Annuities ; and of the serious privation s entailed upon others, who had neglected to employ their money in the time of health and prosperity, in the same judicious manner. When the Rev. Gentleman had concluded, Dr. Holland proposed a vote of thanks to him, for his excellent lecture ; and the motion having been seconded by Mr. Hinde, was carried by acclamation. The iron bedstead used by Napoleon during many of his campaigns, and on which the Emperor placed the Duke de Montebello after he had received his mortal woun d, was purchased the other day at the sale of the lat e M. Boutelot, for 2,000 francs. On Tuesday last a young man of respectable con nections, named Friend, expired at his residence in Hill street, Finsbury, under the following melancholy circum stances :--On Thursday last the deceased made a deter mined attempt at self-destruction by hanging himself, but before life was extinct he was discovered, and cut down by a friend,. w h o, h owever, in his eagerness to save him, let him fall heavily on the floor, whereby he received a severe contusion on the head. He lingered in a hopeless state until the above -named day, when death terminated his suf ferings. Twic e before, within a short period, he had made similar attempts by cutting his throat ; and it ap peared that h e was prompted to his desperate design by a disappointm ent in love, a young woman to whom he was much attached having discarded him in consequence of some irr egu l ar i t i es on his part, bet, as he supposed, from the preference she entertained for a more favoured suitor. theAmaCn'Rs ti er s im T e, r• p o a R pa T ? !IE „ C H A e S k u ill i e s d T a s n . o — th ' e , r m W an ti . a ” t w „ a l s s that very wicked ?" " Dreadfully, desperately wicked I an outrage upon all laws, human and divine." ~ And what are 'hey going to do with him ?" " My dear you don't under stand—it i s necessary to punish crimes, an d ho ld up the fate othe cr i m i nal as an example and a warn i ng. " " I know I am very stupid : but what I can ' t understand i s, that you punish cr i me, and warn others against i t, b ut comm i tt i ng the same cri me yourself." ~ That is different as regards indivi duals an d communities. To kill a man accor di ng to law i s an act through out the world good? " " N o. " " B y w h at stan d ar d of justi ce , an d no t m urder." " Then are all laws do they try them ?" "By the law of God, written in the human heart, and in the Ten Commandments." ~ Did you say that killing a man was an outrage upon the divine law ?" ' Don't be troublesome, my dear." Yesterday morning, the driver of 331 , belonging Mr . C ' •in of intoxica tion, to 'r. ,^ hile a state _ .o w. w - d d from his seat, and severely injure 1 . 1- ,,e cabriolet, No. r.onpltate On his head. The horse and cab were ta ken to the green yard, and the driver, after being attended to by a medical gentleman and restored, was examined at Hatton-garden, and convicted in the penalty of 10s., and in default of pay ment Committed to prison. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SlR,—Your articles on the evils which arise from on. heavily taxed postage, both to the industrial and moral ad vancement of the country, make the whole system totter to its base, and a responding cheer from the intelligence of the country is only necessary to complete its downfall. This country must soon enjoy the great blessings which you have so long and so ably advocated ; for, although our present " Do-nothing" Ministry may reject the amendment of these proved abuses, still the whole country is convinced that so practical and inexpensive a good would be among the first measures of a Conservative Ministry. Comparatively little has, however, been said on the sub ject of foreign postage ; but this department is even worse than the inland, and requires still more your assistance. It is, in fact, a cruel and suicidal system, for the tax is so heavy, that by far the greater number of letters travel in bundles from England to the Continent by private hands. I appeal to all those who - have intercourse with foreign countries, whether the greater number of their letters do not go by other means than through the Post-o ce ; and I would ask a ll th ose w h o cross t h e seas, whether their travelling-bags are not incon ven i en tly occup i e d with bun. dies of these letters. I know this to be the case in my own instance. No sooner do my friends hear that I am going abroad, than my office becomes a reeciving-house, and the letters come, not only in twos and threes, but often tied up in bundles of a dozen. Recently, on my return from Hamburgh, my friends sent me bundles of letters, and one of my most intimate said, " he would not give me the trouble, for that his packets of letters were delivered regularly each post-day, at a merely nominal expense." He fully explained to me his very sim ple and truly economical arrangement ; and it would be really laughable, were it not for the great moral and social evils which this system engenders, to see at least nine tenths of the letters travelling with the official boats, but without paying any postage. Is it not too bad to charge 20d. for each sheet of paper transmitted through the Post-office to Hamburgh, when the expense to the Government need not amount to Id. ? The public would at present deem it an immense boon if all foreign postage were reduced to 6d. for each letter under a certain weight ; and I em confident that the cer tainty of speedy delivery, which the generally good ar rangement of the Post-office insures, would be a sufficient inducement to most people to send these contraband let ters through the official channel. Begging your strenuous assistance in this cause, I am, Sir your most obedient servant, E. M. LLO.YD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, Nov. 28. —Wind S. S. W., blowing hard in squalls throughout the day, with:rain. Half-past 7 P. M.—Rather more moderate, but still blowing very strong, in squalls.—Arrived and proceeded for the River, the Chase, from Cadiz. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 28.—Blowing heavy gales, throughout the day, from S. S. E. to S. W., accompanied with heavy rain, thunder and lightning ; at 9 P. M. blowing a hurricane from S. W.—Arrived the Justin, Young, from Calcutta—sailed 29th June, St. Helena 28th Sept. ; Apollo, Milne, from St. Vincent's for London, with loss of main-topsail-yard—sailed Oct. 2 ; Lively, Trapp, from Bourdeaux; Horden, Shamack, from Stockholm. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 27, 9 F. M. —The wind, which has blown a gale all day from the S. S. E., has now veered to the West ward, more moderate.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Appleby, from Bristol, leaky, &c., bound to London ; H. M.S. Rattlesnake, from India; the Pearl, from Naples to London, was run on shore, 27th inst., leaky, &c., after being in contact with a brig. The Commerce, Mason, was on shore here yesterday. FALMOUTH, Nov. 27.—Wind S. to W. N. W., fresh, and heavy gale ; latter part fresh breezes.—Arrived the Royal Adelaide, Vivian, from Quebec ; Lion, Bauld, from Naples ; Eliza and Nancy, Toulmin, from Messina; Rostow, Dren stane, from Denia ; and Atalanta, Salacon, from Cette. LIVERPOOL—Wind blowing very fresh from the S. E.— Sailed the Corinna, Macrill, for New Orleans ; Robert An derson, for Baltimore; Gulielmo, Godfrey, for Syracuse Janus, Mere, for Bordeaux. OFF THE LAND'S END, Nov. 27.—Arrived the Jemima, 'rom Bordeaux. JERSEY, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Emilie, Freeman, Stettin. SWANSEA, Nov. 27.—The Thomas and Sarah, Williams, from Newport to this port, ran onshore in the Bay this morn ing, and is expected to be got off; crew and cargo saved. It is blowing a strong gale at sea. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 28.—A ship from 400 to 500 tons, timber laden, was driven on shore on a bank near Wexford the 25th instant ; cargo washing out, five or six persons were seen on board, and it was hoped they would be saved at low water. SUNDERLAND, Nov. 27.—The Robert and Betsy, of Lynn, is on shore behind the North Pier. FALMOUTH, Nov. 27.—A French lugger, from Bourdeaux to Plymouth, was totally wrecked in Gerrant Bay this morn ing ; three of the crew drowned. The wind hacked last night to the S. E., and blew a violent gale till noon this thy, when it moderated, and veered to W. N. W., with fresh breezes. HALIFAX, OCT. 25.—Her Majesty's ship Malabar grounded on a reef off Cape Bear, Prince Edward's Island, 19th inst., but was assisted off next day, and towed into Three Rivers by the Medea steamer, with loss of false keel, main and lower deck guns, anchors, cables, &c., making three inches of water per hour; two men drowned. BRISTOL, Nov. 28.—Arrived the Racer, Toogood, Smy rna. CLYDE, Nov. 27.—Arrived the Jessie, Mitchell, Palermo, DUBLIN, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Wharfinger, Buck, Eme rald Isle, Buck, and Devonshire (steamer), from London. KINGSTOWN, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Baykett, Austin, from Bordeaux ; Henriette, Sterns, from Seville. CROOKHAVEN, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Hibernia, Quinn, from Quebec. The Union, Velun, from Newcastle to Barcelona, is totally wrecked off Yarmouth —crew saved. The Lady Alexandria, Curtis, from London to Drogheda, was on shore near Falmouth on the 27th instant —crew saved. The Maracena, Alexandre, from Bayonne, was capsized into Brigham, with three feet water in the hold, and bound to Rouen. The Concordia, Blackaller, from Villanova to London, was on shore on 'for Abbey Sands on the 27th instant. The Stephenson, Fisher, from Wales to Plymouth, is totally wrecked near Marazione—crew saved. The Lady Wiiliamson, from Bathurst, to Sunderland, went on shore the 9th ult., near Magdalen Islands —crew, and part of the cargo saved. The Swift, Hopper, from Malaga to Montreal, was lost near the Magdalen Islands about the 15th ult.—part of the cargo saved. The Waterwitch, Shedden, from the Clyde to Leghorn, was on shore near Wexford 26th inst.--crew saved. The Gainsborough, of Ipswich. and Margaret, from Preston to Wicklow, were on shore near Dublin 27th inst. SINGULAR DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA( ?). —An inquest was held yesterday afternoon in New-street, Farringdon Market, on the body of Mrs. Johnson, whose death was occasioned by hydrophobia under somewhat singular circumstances. It appeared that, about five or •ix weeks ago, a terrier dog, belonging to the husband of the deceased, having become snappish, was locked up in a cellar, from which he escaped about a fortnight since, and jumping upon deceased lap, forced his head against her mouth, into which some of the saliva passed. No notice was taken of the circumstance till yesterday week, when the poor woman was taken ill, and on Thursday most decided symptoms of hydrophobia presented themselves. She died on Saturday in a state of intense suffering, being perfectly sensible to the last, and fully conscious of her awful fate. Two medical gentlemen, who had attended the unfortunate female when living, and had made a post mortent examina tion of the body, were examined, and stated most positively that hydrophobia was the cause of death. Verdict accord ingly. The deceased had been much attached to the dog, and often expressed her regret that her husband considered it necessary to confine it. V Not the least suspicion was en tertained that it was in a rabid state. After the liberation of the animal it suddenly disappeared, but is supposed to have been killed by a policeman in the Blackfriars-road a few days subsequently. SUICIDE.—An unfortunate man, who lodged at 7, Crown-street, Soho, was discovered yesterday with a rope in a noose drawn to suffocation about the neck and fastened to the top of the bed-post, by pulling from which purchase lie seemed to have strangled himself. Distress is supposed to have induced him to commit the rash act. A few days since Mr. Justice Williams was passing down Parliament-street on his way to the Court, when he saw a policeman rudely pushing an old applewoman off the pavement, telling her at the same time that she must not remain there. His Lordship immediately addressed the policeman, saying, " you must not do that—let her alone." The policeman, not knowing his Lordship, evinced his dis respect for the high legal opinion that had been pronounced, by thrusting the old woman off the pavement. The Learned Judge, who had passed on, turned round, and on witness ing the policeman's conduct, ran back and told the officer who he was, intimatin g at the same time that he would re present his conduct to the Commissioners. It is unneces sary to add that the applewoman was permitted to retain her position. The process of tickli ng to death, of which we hav e before h a d an i nstance, has been recently renewed at Brig nodes, in the Var, were a man named Reboul applied it to his second wife. It appears that after seizing her with one hand he with the other tickled her violently at the bottom of the feet, and on the knees and ribs, until he threw her into a high state of irritation, and then held her with her head downwards and her feet in the air, with the intent of producing a congestion of the brain. This he had done several times, but upon the last occasio:) she was saved by the coming in of her neighbours, who were attracted by her that he got rid of his first wife by these IPA:ns, cries. Reboul was taken into custody, and it is susneet"::, previous to this attempt, told his wife that - he knew how to lisp se of any person without • i 1 . self compromisng Galignani. as he had, COURT CIRCULAR The Queen held a Privy Council at two o'clock this af ternoon at the New Palace. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbomne, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir John HobhouSe, and Viscount Howick. The Council sat two hours. The Duchess of Kent returned to Windsor Castle on Tuesday afternoon, after paying a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Kew. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Captain Stephens, came to town yesterday morning from Kew. His Royal Highness returned to Kew in the afternoon. The Commander of the Forces, Mr. Oldham, and Mr. Buxton, had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office. Lord Minto transacted business yesterday at the Ad miralty. Lord Glenelg and the Chancellor of the Exchequer visited Viscount Melbourne yesterday at his residence in South-street. Mr. Justice Johnson, of Trinidad, and the Agent for Antigua, had interviews yesterday with Lord Glenelg. Mr. Fowell Buxton had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday. A deputation for the foundation of a school for Civil En gineers, consisting of the following gentlemen, Major-Gene ral Wright, Royal Engineers ; Colonel Landmann, Colonel Jackson ; Messrs. Nathaniel Ogle, Berkley Westropp, H. Howell, J. Gray, H. A. Horneman, C. H. Marshall, J. Andrews, Edward Golding, jun., W. J. Bruce, W. D. Holmes, C. E. W. D. Ladd, and George Walter, accom panied by the Secretary, Mr. J. E B. Curtis, had an inter view yesterday with Visccount Melbourne at his office in Downing -street. The Spanish Minister transac'ed business yesterday a the Foreign Office. His Excellency Reschid Pasha, the newly appointed:Am bAssador from the Sultan to her Majesty, accompanied by lExcellency Sari m Eff en di, an d atten d e d b y Mr. &dame, his first interview with Lord Palmerston yesterday, at the Forei g n Office, wh en hi s Excellency presented to his Lordship Ali Effendi, Couifiellor ; Raoof Bey, Secretary ; Colonel Ayoob Bey, Aide-de-Camp ; and M. Cor, French Secretary to the Embassy. Despatches, dated the 20th inst., were received yester day at the Foreign Department, from the British Charge d'Affaires at Lisbon. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Department, for the British Ambassadors resident at the Courts of Berlin and Vienna. Despatches for Sir George Arthur, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, were sent off last evening from the Co lonial Office. Despatches dated the 16th of November, were received yesterday at the Colonial Department from Major-General Sir A. Woodford, K.C.8., Governor of Gibraltar. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord George Quin, from a tour on tho Continent ; the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, in Grosvenor-square,. from their villa at Thames Ditton ; Lord and Lady Charles Fitzroy, at Burlington-house, Piccadilly, from Euston-hall, Thetford ; the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, in Hill-street, from Staffordshire ; Mr. C. and Lady Mary Ross, in Port land-place, from a tour on the Continent ; Edward Fitzroy Talbot, Esq., from the Continent ; Sir Henry Bold Hoghton, B trt., at Long's Hotel, Bond -street, from Bold-hall, Lanca shire; Frederick Grant, Esq., Miss Grant, and Miss Cruden, at ditto, from Montrose ; Madame Thouran, and the two Ma demoiselles Thouran, at ditto, from Liverpool ; Henry Bain bridge, Esq., at ditto, from Norfolk ; G. Harcourt, Esq., M. P., at ditto, from Bucks ; Major Trcvelyan, at ditto, from Lady Carrington's ; Messrs. A. A. Palmer, Rainteaux, Ogden, Swartout, and Wauchope, at ditto ; A. B. St. Leger, Esq , at ditto, from Chiceley, Northampton ; Mr. Wombwell, in George -street, Hanover-square, from the seat of Lord Stradbroke, Henham-hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk ; the Right. lion. Thomas Grenville, in Cleveland-square, from a visit to Lord and Lady Delamere, at their seat, Vale Royal,Cheshire; Sir Francis, Lady, and Miss Burdett, in St. James's-place, from Foremark, Derbyshire ; R. J. Blewitt, Esq., M. P., at the Tavistock Hotel, Covent garden, from Monmouth ; the Dowager Lady Hartland, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle street, from a tour ; Viscountess Dcerhurst, at Earl Coven try's, Piccadilly, from Bourton-house, Gloucestershire ; Mr. Charles and Lady Caroline Harriett Townley, in Arlington street, from the family seat, Townley-hall, Lancashire; Lieutenant- Colonel Spencer Stanhope, in Wimpole-street, from a tour ; the Hon. Mrs. Musgrave, in Harley-street, from a tour. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Ilchester, from Burlington-street, for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty ; Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth. from Connaught-place, for Paris; the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, from Montagu House, Whitehall, on a continental tour ; Lord and Lady J. Scott, from Bond-street, for Warwickshire ; Henry Lee Warner, Esq., from Walsing ham Abbey, Norfolk, to his residence at Tiberton Court, Here ford; the Marchioness Cornwallis and Lady Louisa Corn wallis, from Park-crescent, for Brighton: Lady Anne Culling Smith, from Arlington-street, for Hampton Court Palace ; Viscount Castlereagh, f rom Ch ape l -street, Park-lane for Paris; Lady Harriet d'Orsay and the Hon. Miss Gardiner, from Grosvenor-street, for Paris ; Wadham Wyndham, Esq., M. P., from the Pulteney H o t e l, f or hi s seat, Denton Hous e, Wilts ; Mr. Donaldson, from ditto, for Edinburgh ; Lord aid Lady John Scott, from the Clarendon Hotel, for Edinburgh ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gore, for Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Drum mond, for ditto; the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Wellesley, from Apsley House, for Bishop Wearmovth Rectory, near Dublin; Lord William Beresford, from the Regent's Park Barracks, to join the hunt at Melton Mowbray ; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Henry Douglass, on a tour ; Lady Catherine and the Misses Bernard, on a continental tour ; Lord and Lady Augusta Cotton, for Brighton; the Countess of Clare and Miss Elliott. from the Brunswick House Hotel, Hanover square, for Ryde, Isle of Wight ; W. Brodie, Esq., Lord- Lieutenant of the County of Nairn, from ditto ; Cregar Col more, Esq., and Miss Colmore, from Long's Hotel, Bond street, for More End, Cheltenham ; T. Merrick Fowler, Esq., Mrs. Fowler, and the two Misses Fowler, from ditto, for their seat, Sunninghill; Colonel Clements, from ditto, for Cheltenham; William Meiklam, Esq., and T. Pennie, Esq., from ditto, for Oxford; Charles Loftus, Esq., from ditto, for Billingford Hall, Norfolk ; Edward Whyte, Esq., from ditto, for Bath ; Captain Pearson, from ditto, overland to India ; Mrs. Pearson and family, from ditto, for Barwell House, Hinckley ; Sir Archibald Macdonald, from Dover street, for his seat ,in Staffordshire; Sir William Boothby, Bart., for his scat in Derbyshire. CHANGES. Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager Adelaide, and suite, from Naples, in Ler Majesty's ship Hastings, for Malta, for the win ter season ; the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Percy Greathead, from Florence, for Rome ; Lady and the Misses Bagot, on a visit to Lord and Lady Maryborough, at Deal Castle, near Kent, from Dover ; the Dowager Marchioness of Northampton, at Brighton, from a visit to Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Dickens, at their seat, Stoke, near Chichester ; Hon. Lady Murray, and Mrs. Adderley, a t B r i g h ton, from a tour; the Hon. Captain William Byng, at Portsmouth, to join the service companies of the 29th Regiment ; the Earl of Ilchester, at Windsor Castle, from his seat seat Melbury House, Dorset; Lord St. Vincent, and the Hon. Miss Jervis, at Bath, from his Lord ship's seat A s t on H a ll , near Stone, Staffordshire ; the Earl of Liverpool and Lady Louisa Jenkinson, at Paris, from a tour in Switzerland ; the Earl and Countess of Hopetoun, and the Misses Macdonald, at Paris, from a tour in Italy. Lord Adolphus Fitzelarenee has returned to St. James's Palace, from a visit to the Earl of Stradbroke, at Henham Hall, Wangford, Suffolk, where a shooting party assembled. Lord Cantilupe has arrived in town from Brickhurst Park, Kent, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Delawarr. Sir Richard Bulkeley Phillipps, M.P., has left town for Shugborough, Staffordshire, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Lichfield. DEATH OF LADY MARY ALATIIEA TALBOT, DAUGHTER OF TUE EARL OF SHREWSBURY.—The Morn inq Post announces the demise of this lady in France. The melancholy intelligence reached Paris on the 25th. The lamented lady was in her 24th year. It is said that Lord John Russell will leave Cashio bury Park in a few days for the Continent, where he will remain for some weeks. Between four and five o'clock this morning a violent thunder storm passed over the metropolis. The lightning was uncommonly vivid. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and family, Earl of Home, Viscount Emlyn, &c., left Montague House, Whitehall, on Tuesday, for the Continent, in a suite of five carriages. The Earl of Chesterfield has arrived at Chesterfield House, from Abingdon Abbey, Northamptonshire. The Noble Earl has recovered from the effects of his late fall. The Earl of pinto, accompanied by Sir Charles Adam, left the Admiralty yesterday for Portsmouth. His Lordship returns to town to-morrow evening. The Countess of Cardigan, who arrived in town tin Tuesday, left Carlton House -terrac e this morning for Canterbury, to join the Earl of Cardigan, who is quartered in that city with his regiment. " \Veekes, the Irish comedian," says a letter from the north, dated Nov. 25, and received at our office le st evening, "is now lying at Perth from the effects of ight coach accid en t, an d i s not expected to survive tL.Le n, mortification h av i ng taken place.--Gatesheoul robserver.late DRUrty-LANE TIIEATRE.—.The I ,essee of Drury- Lane Theatre ha; announced Ilosslr.': Tell for Monday Iv t. - ‘A s t hi s great work of the Italian composeT bas .5 celebrated opera of Aever" tak en et b greaeen performed in this country! INh'.ll7,nn has t pains to introduce it la a mana,. - worthy of the hi g h s tation which it holds as a music a l production. There is every prospect of its turn ing out a successful experiment. IRELAND. The Irish papers have been found sometimes, perhaps without any news. TheDublinEveningMailof Monday, how ever, has a inorceaux, which, if not over full of an informing spirit, must at all events ee considered of a somewhat curious character. We are told by the Mail,._that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is to be removed. The announcement is given thus : " REMOVAL OF LORD NORIVIANBY. " We can state, on competent authority, that the Mar quis of Normanby will take his departure from this ill-fated country, to which his government has been a curse, within six weeks of this day. If the system is to be continued under the management of Captain Drummond, who is by many degrees the worse person of the two, it were just as well that the Marquis should remain." MEETING OF THE PERCURSOR SOCIETY.—On Mon day last the adjourned meeting of the Precursor Society w a s held at the Corn-Exchange, for the purpose of receiv ing the report of the Committee previously appointed. Peter Purcell, Esq., in the Chair. After the business of handing in subscriptions, reading letters, and admitting members, Mr. O'Connell came forward, when the cheer ing with which he was, as usual, received, had subsided, he delivered an address of which we subjoin a short summary. He began by saying, that, as Chairman of the Commit tee appointed on the last day of meeting, it was his duty to bring up the reports on the questions which were submitted to that Committee. The first was a reply to an address from the Radicals of England, which was received from Mr. Lovett, the Secretary of the Working Men's Asso ciation ia London. Mr. O'Connell expressed his disap proval of the contents of their address, and charged those from whom it emanated with ignorance of Ireland. He intended to reply to the address in a tone less unfavourable than he was now disposed to adopt towards them ; for theyhad been preaching up revolution and the shedding of blood. Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to admit that he was obnoxious to the charge of confounding all classes of Radicals together and imputing to them do c t r i nes th at were held only by the deluded followers of his own countryman, Feargus ' O'Connor —whose recently delivered harangues the Hon. Gentleman attacked. Mr. O'Connell drew a just distinc tion bttwecn " Feargus's eloquence," ignorance, and vio lence, an4;lhe good sense of the Birmingham Unionists. " The people of Birmingham," added be, " have it this day in their power to make the distinction between honest and Tory-Radicals, by declaring their opinions in favour of either resolution. If they go with Feargus, we carinot in too strong language reprobate their conduct, and ex press our disgust at it. If they go with Salt and Ed monds, and others of that class, then we can proceed upon a resolution already adopted by our body. We can then join with those who observe the law and preserver order, and who seek for a legal right by no illegal me ans ." Mr. O'Connell conc l u d e d b y moving that " the Committe e • have leave to sit again, and report upon the address to the Radicals of England at an adjourned meeting of this body to take place on Thursday next." Mr. Ray then read the rules agreed upon for the general organization o f th e P recursor S oc i ety. Mr. O'Connell again presented himself and said—Such Sir, are the rules and regulations upon which our Society is founded, and upon which it shall be conducted —there is nothing ambiguous or doubtful about them —they, in a word, embrace justice to Ireland from the Imperial Parlia ment, and no more. And if an alternative shall arise here after, no man in existence shall be able to say that our ex periment to obtain that justice was not full and complete. After some remarks on the necessity of making the Union complete, Mr. O'CON N ELL said he would acquiesce in the Union. " Many timid people are alarmed and say that it is not jus tice for Ireland, but a Repeal that we are looking for ; but I here now pledge myself, in the face of my country, and my constituents, that if the English Parliament do use jus tice (and, as I have said, what we want is easily understood) I will acquiesce in the Union." At the conclusion of the proceedings Mr. O'Connell moved an adjournment to Thursday (this day). frIEETING AT LLOYD'S. Yesterday a general meeting of the su b scr ib ers to Lloyd' s was h e ld at t h e South Sea House, to consider a proposition for the establishment of a merchants' room in the new Royal Exchange, with the view of embracing among its members all the influential and respectable classes of the city. A memorial to carry this plan into ef feet, viz., admitting merchants and brokers (uot under writers) on the annual payment of 41. 45., was submitted— the present admission of 23 guineas being insisted on only when parties intend to act as underwriters. Mr. G. R. Robinson in the chair. GRANT TO GRACE DARLING. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN 20/. was voted to Miss Grace Darling, for her heroic courage in having aided in the rescue of nine of the crew of the Folfarshire steamer. The vote was carried by acclamation. THE PROPOSED MERCHANTS' ROOM. The CHAIRMAN referred to the report of the Committee, in which the proposed alteration in Lloyd's was recom mended. He then read the report, and proposed its adop• tion. Mr. HARWOOD moved as an amendment that a Com mittee be appointed for this object, which was seconded by Mr. SADLER. Mr. DEWAR could not coincide with the last proposi tion. He thought, as much excitement prevailed upon the question, the subject ought to be decided at once. He thought the conduct of the Committee unjustifiable, as it would be for the advantage of one class of persons to the injury of the members. The plan would lower the esta blishment in the eyes of the public. Mr. BISIIOFF supported the report of the Committee. Every precaution would be taken to render the admission of improper persons impossible. Mr. KERR considered that the plan proposed by the Com mittee would benefit the establishment. Alr. HEINTz considered the proposal as derogatory to the first commercial and shipping establishment in the world. Mr. WARRE considered the adoption of the plan would facilitate commercial operations as the merchants would come to Lloyd's to effect insurances, instead of carrying their policies to the Companies.—( Hear.) The CHAIRMAN, in explanation, said it had been the wish of the Committee to benefit the establishment, and if a merchants' room were formed, that end would be •btaincd. The amendment was put and lost by a considerable majority. Mr. DRIVER then moved, as an amendment, that the subscription remain as at present.—Carried. A ballot was demanded, but the question of the legality of such request was left, after some conversation, to the legal adviser of Lloyd's. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. THE MURDER AT PRESTON. —James Lacky and his wife, were on Monday brought before Mr. Hall, at Liverpool, they having, on the preceding day (Sunday) been taken into custody, charged with having been con cerned in the murder of a matt named O'Donnohue, at Preston. The prisoner stated that he came to Liverpool on Monday week. Mr. I?,ewling said he had written to the officers at Preston, and the prisoners would be sent for in a short time. Mr. Hall ordered that the prisoners. should be delivered up to the officers of Preston when they came properly authorised. The prisoner is an Irishman of tall and slender make, apparently about 35 years of age. His wife is a mild-looking young woman, about 26 yev.rs old. She carried an infant in her arms. The Government Police Report of yesterday gives the following particulars of a most atrocious outrane and robbery. On the night of the 23d inst., or early on the following morning, two men, with their faces blacked, bur glariously entered the dwelling-house of Mr. Charles Wood, Huddersfield, near Lichfield, and murderously as saulted the said Charles Wood, together with his wife and servant girl, and after stealing the undermentioned articles set fire to the house and furniture :—One gold watch, marked " Robert Harlow, Ashborne ;" three silver watches ; a 51. note of the Lichfield Bank ; six shillings in silver ; some ancient gold coins ; a mourning ring, and a quantity of plate ; some wearing apparel and bed linen were also at the same time stolen, or wilfully destroyed by fire ; a clock and several jars of preserves were broken i , an s,r) d enree a cask of elder wine, together with two barrelsiuuu ofd fi a v t e esde. fe et six emptied, and the cellar thereby almost of the villains is described as being about was attired inches high, black curly hair and whis k eys,,andnblue apron ; the in a light coloured round jacket, daycr i p p t other, who is two or three inches,. ° taller, wore a fustian frockion were seen coat. b e g T g w i n o g in me t% ari n s eig je }, r b v ntrl t t h oo e d ab o o n ve the des - I reward will be paid Ey the re -2.3 • vious, and one of ti, em is supposed to . be a painter, e c h o lately worked Derby , Fel°ll3 ', and a further suln Treasurer the Etter( ; Asso o e f ia S t i i . on by for m th r. e c P h r a o r s i e e e .s •a lv tio onood f , tper p g r i e v h e e s n u s e i ohninformation convictionan of evidencethe as shall o o fr i- 11 ls.easdontowhtriewailpl At an early hour yesterday morning, a labourer in the service of a builder in Clerkenwell was engaged with others in repairing the front of a house in Cross-street, Bagnigge \Veils-road, when his foot slipped, and the fall from the scaffold, a depth of about sixteen feet, trad pitch ing on his head, fractured his skull in a frightfril manner. He was taken to the University College Hospital, 'out from the extent of the injury received is not likely . •, o recover. A few weeks ago he fell from a scaffold in a similar way, but on that occasion escaped with a 4, :ew alight con tusions.